Editing Avery County, North Carolina (section)

==Politics==
Owing to its [[Appalachia|Appalachian highland]] location, rural character, and powerful [[Southern Unionist|Unionist]] sympathies from the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] (1861-1865), Avery County has continually voted overwhelmingly Republican in Presidential elections, even during the [[Solid South]] Democratic era. Since the county's formation in 1911, no Democratic presidential candidate has obtained forty percent of the county's vote, and only [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1964 and [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976 have received so much as thirty percent. An illustration of Avery County's rock-ribbed Republicanism can be seen in 1936 when [[Alf Landon]] won the county by 55.96 percentage points, making it Landon's fifth-strongest county in the nation<ref>{{cite web|last=Leip|first=Dave|publisher=Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1936&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=1936 Presidential Election Statistics}}</ref> despite Landon losing North Carolina to [[Franklin Roosevelt]] by 46.80 percent.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|7,181|2,220|88|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|7,172|2,191|95|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|6,298|1,689|262|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,766|1,882|111|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,681|2,178|84|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,678|1,805|41|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,956|1,686|52|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,870|1,586|703|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,895|1,755|1,137|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,277|1,367|34|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,702|1,159|25|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,480|1,527|175|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,085|1,869|38|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,510|627|42|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,197|631|690|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|2,656|1,523|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,176|1,047|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,009|969|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,725|964|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,995|933|80|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,178|838|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|2,944|1,194|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|2,971|839|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|2,833|1,045|22|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,273|390|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,189|357|14|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,503|397|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,158|360|2|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Progressive|138|217|952|North Carolina}}

Avery County is represented in the [[North Carolina's 47th Senate district|47th district]] of the [[North Carolina Senate]], represented by Republican [[Ralph Hise]], and the [[North Carolina's 85th House district|85th district]] of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]], represented by Republican [[Dudley Greene]].<ref name="NCGA Representation">{{Cite web |date= |title=Avery County Representation |url=https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/CountyRepresentation/Avery |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=North Carolina General Assembly}}</ref>